March 2010 Babies

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Sleepy after vaccinations?

Nell_726 wrote:

Helen had her 2 month vaccinations yesterday - afterwards, she was zonked! It was a struggle to get me to eat, I basically fed her in her sleep. Today, she is waking to eat (and is eating an ounce less than I offer her), but still zonked in between feedings! Anyone else's little ones react like this?

Also, I've been taking advantage of this and snuggling up like she's my little teddy bear! I hope she doesn't get used to that ;)

@Nell_726 Normal. I took advantage of the time to get some work done, because it's how I roll.

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Momoftwins99

@Nell_726 Brooke had her two month vaccinations yesterday too and she did the same thing. She slept all day yesterday and today she is doing better but still a little sleepy.

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fussysmom

@Nell_726 Yep, same here. Yesterday we got Fussy's 2 mo. vaccinations. She was sooo sleepy she passed out right after. Took a 3 hour nap and then she slept 5 hours straight last night. Followed by 3 more then two more (with feeding in between)

Probably won't happen again tonight, but one can hope :}(I am EBF and she normally wakes every 3 hrs to eat at night.

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Nell_726

anyone else start poly-vi-sol (or other iron supplement) after the 2month appt? It makes my baby's poop stink... not to mention her breath and spit-up. Ugh

@Nell_726 do you breastfeed? my ped doesnt suggest me giving my lo iron supplements because if your ebfing they dont need iron at least for 6 months. if i was concerned he said perhaps i should just take extra iron.

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Nell_726

@Djork bottlefeeding breastmilk - hmm, because you say that I am now wondering if I should be giving DD the poly-vi-sol without iron (?) - I'll call the ped and ask...

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hurricanechelsea

@Nell_726 Yeah, iron can constipate the baby. That happened to my little guy, because the only Vitamin D supplement at our drugstore had iron in it.

If you just need Vitamin D, I highly recommend Baby Ddrops, which you can get on Amazon. It's just one drop that you put on your nipple or a pacifier (or a bottle nipple), and it has all the Vitamin D the baby needs for the day. The bottle has 365 doses in it and doesn't cost much more than poly-vi-sol or tri-vi-sol. It's what we switched to after he couldn't keep the poly-vi-sol down, and it's AWESOME.

@Nell_726 My girl seemed to be as alert and wide-eyed as usual, except after I gave her Tylenol. She did have an incredible poop about 10 minutes after the shots, though.

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AlexandraHelen

@Nell_726 Thank you for posting this! My little one just had her shots and as soon as we got home, she passed out and hasn't even woke up to eat. I was nervous, but I am glad to hear that this is perfectly normal.

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Nell_726

@AlexandraHelen Thank YOU for bringing this thread back :-) It made me smile to remember how worried I was, and i didn't need to be! Your LO will sleep when his/her body needs to recover.

@Nell_726 It's incredible how much EVERYTHING makes us moms worry! She had a heat rash yesterday and of course I googled every kind of rash....lol. Good thing she got the rash before the shots or else I am sure I would have been worried the shots caused it. Helen is my little girls middle name. This is a very dear family name and I LOVE it :)

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